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‘Yes, it is roomier than an Omega, despite a shorter overall length, notably in the altitude of its load bay, thanks to the lower floor that front-wheel drive makes possible.’

‘The crossovers are characterized by uni-bodies and a drivetrain that at least starts out as front-wheel drive.’

‘Today's version is the sixth generation of the breed and over the years the car has grown in size and moved from longitudinal rear-wheel drive to transverse front-wheel drive.’

‘For those of us who live in areas where snow and ice are a real concern for a good part of the year, front-wheel drive was a godsend.’

‘But here is BMW's new small car, its Audi A3 and Volkswagen Golf rival, flying in the face of the hatchback class's front-wheel drive convention simply because that is the way BMWs have always been.’

‘One, an Audi, is front-wheel drive, a mechanical system it shares with every other similarly sized hatchback.’

‘This means more driveline and chassis content and complexity in segments that previously only offered front-wheel drive.’

‘The point about all these models is that they are all front-wheel drive and the Transit is rear-wheel drive - until now.’

‘After the summer shutdown in August, the Southampton plant in the U.K. will build front-wheel drive short and medium wheelbase versions, and the Izmet plant in Turkey will produce selected rear-wheel drive versions.’

‘It was a small, affordable, front-wheel drive economy car that was quite powerful.’

‘The De Ville is relatively successful and will be the only remaining front-wheel drive vehicle in the lineup.’

‘The original Mini, introduced in 1959, brought transverse front-wheel drive to the auto industry, and stayed in production virtually unchanged for 41 years.’

‘Many boy racers end up in ditches, after mistakenly assuming that their front-engined, front-wheel drive vehicles will behave the same way as stuff they see on television.’

‘Add a transverse engine and front-wheel drive layout and the result is a cabin which must have the most spacious rear seat legroom in the class.’